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June 30, 1925. Q R 16,103

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4 WIRE" FASTENING DEVICE,

. OPiginiI Filed Dec. 13, 1920 IN V! N T00 JL. Jul/Iran.

Reissued June 30, 1925 UNITED STATES Re. 16,103 PATTENTOFFICE.

JOHN L. SULLIVAN, F BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

WIRE-FASTENING DEVICE.

Original No. 1,4 35,429, dated November 14, 1922, Serial No. 430,433,filed December 13, 1920. Application for reissue filed October 1, 1924.Serial No. r41,054.

To all whom it mayconcem:

Be it known that I, J OHN L. SULLIVAN, a citizen of the United States,and-a resident of Berkeley, county of Alameda, and State of California,have invented a new and useful W'ire-Fastening Device, of'which the adriven prong, adapted to hold the nettinga predetermined distance awayfrom the sheathing over which the netting is to be fastened, therebypermitting key space for the plaster between the netting and thesheathing. Another object of the invention is to provide a unitary,ready-assembled device for securing the netting or other metallic fabricto the wall or sheathing of a build ing in spaced relation thereto.

A further object is the provision of a pair of diverging arms on thespacing member for providing a footing or base engageable with thesurface of the sheathing board into which the driven prong may beoperatively hammered, and also for providing means engageable with thetar paper, sometimes applied to the exterior of the sheathing inside thewire netting, for temporarily securing the same before the netting andplaster have been applied.

With the foregoing and other objects and purposes in view, whic willappear as the description proceeds, m invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts and in the details of constructionhereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be madewithin the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

portion of the spacing member and an arm on the upper end of the drivenprong.

Figure 3 is a View, of one of the. edges of the device showing itsmembers in the same relative position as shown in the last precedingfigure.

Figure 4 is a view in perspective of a fragment of a sheathing board andone of my wire fastening devices secured thereto,

.also showing a portion of the wire netting throughout which likereference characters designate like parts:

The numeral 1 designates a spacer member, which comprises a pairof'oppositely disposed vertical flat side pieces 2, 2, unitarily joinedtogether as at 3, said side pieces, beginning at their point of union,

are first spaced at a distance apart, thereby forming therebetween'avertical opening l, they next'converge as at 5, and then diverge so asto form two opposite terminals 6, 6'.

Upon the lower edge of the point of union of the side pieces 2, 2, is adownwardly projecting pointed spur 7 while upon the lower edges of theterminals 6, 6', are disposed downwardly projecting pointed spurs 8, 8'.

.Into the up er edges of the side pieces, intermediate t eir ends, arecut arcuated notches 9, 9'.

Theinner surfaces of the intermediate sections of the side pieces2, 2,may be made so as to contact, as best shown by dotted lines inFig. 8, orthey may be made so as to'permit of a slight air space as best shown inFig. 5. I

10 is a fastener comprising a shank 11 provided at its lower end with apoint 12, at its upper end with a circular head 13 and on one edgeadjacent its upper end with an arm or lateral extension 14, whichoverlies .the .notch or indentation 9 in the spacer, so that when theshank is driven into the wall,

the extension 14 cooperates with the spacer to confine the wire lItthBindentation. In the embodiment of the invention shownin Fig. 1, the freeend of the arm 14 is pointed and projects downwardly, thereby formlng anarcuate crotch 15 which cooperates with the indentation to completelyencircle the applied wire 16. The spacer is secured to the shank,preferably in such manner that it is normally held against movement withrespect thereto, so that the spacer will not become displaced from theshank as the device is handled and applied' 1 upper side disposed in thecrotch 15 and its lower side disposed in the notches 9, 9'. 17designates a fragment of a sheathing board of a building.

In the modification shown in Fig. 7 and .Fig. 8, I employ a staple 18 inplace of the fastener 10, the body or curved portion of the stapleconstituting the lateral extension of the shank which cooperates withthe spacer to secure the applied wire 16 in spaced relation to the wallor sheathing.

The device of my invention is assembled.

in manufacture, the spacer being attached to the shank so that it issubstantiall immovable with respect thereto during, andling andapplying. The spacer is spaced from the head'of the shank, as is shownin Fig. 1. In applying the device of my invention to secure t e wirenetting to the sheathing, the device isusually grasped at the portion ofthe shank between the head and spacer and passed through the netting toplace the spacer between the netting and the sheathing in such positionthat a strand of the netting may be seated in the indentation. Then withthe strand positioned between the indentation 9 and the extension "14-,-the fastener is driven into the sheathing,

first causing the spacer, by reason of its frictional engagement withthe shank, to be carried toward the sheathing until-it bears thereon,and then forcing the shank through the spacer until the strand is firmlygripped between the extension and indentation.

Having described the invention, I claim: 1. A wire fastening device comrisin a spacer member embodying a pair 0 flat side members disposed sideby side in a vertical.

manner and having re istering ends unitarily joined together, t eopposite ends of the side members inclined outwardly, a plurality ofdownwardly projecting spurs on the lower edges of sald side members, anda pair of spaced apart shafts vertically movably dis osed between saidside members, said sha ts having the upper ends unitarily joinedtogether,.portions of said shafts projecting above and below the sidemembers.

2. A wire fastening device comprising a tubular spacing member having apair of terminal arms projecting out from one side,

said arms provided with notches in the 'per edge, a shaft projectingdownwardly through said tubular spacing member, said shaft having adownwardly projecting hook at its upper end, said hook operativelymovable between said terminal arms, a portion in its upper edge, saidnotches engagin one v16 designates a strand of wire having itsside ofsaid wire, a shaft projecting own through said tubular s acingmember,and said shaft provided at its upper end with a hook operativelyprojectable between said terminal arms and having a portion en- ,gagablewith the opposite side of said wire for holding it firmly in saidnotches.

4. A wire fastening comprising, a spacing member formed into a loophaving two the free ends of the loop formed into a pair of outwardlyprojecting terminal arms provided adjacent their intersection with saidloop with oppositely disposed notches and provided at their lower outerextremities with downwardly projecting spurs.

6. In a wire fastening device of the character described, incombination, a spacer member bent into a loop, the free ends of the loopformed into a pa1r of outwardly projecting terminal arms provided attheir intersection with the loop horizontally opposed arcuated notchesin their upper edges and provided at their lower outer extremities withdownwardly projectingspurs, and a shaft vertically, movably projectingthrough the loop, the shaft provided at its upper end with a crookedprojection having its free end operatively movable between said terminalarms, 'a portion of said projection disposed above the axis of saidnotches.

7 In a wire fastening device of the character described, the combinationwith a fastening shank, of a spacer member formed 8. In a wire fasteningdevice of the charwith downwardly projecting spurs, a shaft verticallyslidably disposed in said loop and means at the upper end of theshaftoverhanging the axes of said notches and operatively movablebetween said arms outwardly from said notches.

9. In a wire fastening device of'the character described, a spacermember formed into a loop, an outwardly projecting terminal arm on saidloop, the arm having an arouated notch in its upper ed e and a spur onits lower edge, and a sha vertically slid- .ably disposed in said loop,the shaft hav-' ing a downwardly projecting arm on its upper end, thefree end of the arm vertically movable alon one side of the terminal armintermediate itsouter end and saidnotch.

10. In a wire fastening device af the class described, the combinationwith a fastening shank of a spacer member formed of sheet metal bentinto-a loop encircling an inter mediate portion of the shank andoperativelyyieldingly clamped thereupon by the tension of itself, theloop provided on one side with a pair of oppositely disposed outwardlyprojecting arms bent to first converge and then diverge.

11. In a wire fastening device 'of the character described, thecombination with a fastening shank, of a spacer member formed of sheetmetal bent into a loop embracing said shank and normally secured theretoagainst movement by the tension of itself, the free ends of the loopextending outwardly to form a pair of oppositely disposed arms bent tofirst converge and then diverge, said arms and loop disposed in the samehorizontal plane, the upper edges of said arms adjacent the shank beingprovided with notches.

12. In a device of the character described, a fastening element,embodying a shank member having a wire engaging projection on one sideadjacent. its upper end, and a spacer element embodying a strip of sheet.metal formed into a loop encircling said shank member and having a wireengaging projection on one side,'said spacer element slidable on saidshank member whereby said projectionsmay be caused to engage each otherfor securing a wire therebetween.

13. In a device of the character described, a fastening elementcomprising a shank member having a wire engagin projection at its upperend, and a spacer e ement comprising a strip of sheet metal formed intoa loop slidably encircling said shank member and having a wire engagingprojection on one side, said projections disposed in vertical alinementwith each other and co-- operable for securing a wiretherebetween whensaid spacer element is moved along said shank member a proper distancevertically. i

14. A device for securing wire netting to a wall in spaced relationthereto, comprising a spacer adapted to bear against the wall, a prongpassing through said spacer, the spacer being normally held againstmovement relative to the prong by engagement with'the prong and alateral pr0jec--- tion on the prong normally spaced from the spacer andadapted to be moved into 'cooperative relation with the spacer toconfine an applied wire when the prong is driven into the wall.

15.. A device for securingwire netting to a wall in spaced relationthereto, c omprising a prong adapted to be driven into the wall, aspacer engaging said prong adjacent its end and normally held againstmovement relative thereto, said spacer having an indentation on itsupper surface and means on the prong adapted to confine a wire in theindentation when the prong is driven into the wall while the spacer isin contact with said wall. a v a 16. A device for securing metallicfabric to a wall in spaced relation thereto, comprising a-p'rong adaptedto be driven into the wall, a spacer through which the prong extendsdisposed adjacent one end of the prong, said spacer being in substantialimmovable engagement with the prong so that it will notbecome'di'sengaged therefrom, a lateral extension on the other end ofthe prong overlying the spacer, impact on said other end of theprongserving to drive the prong into the wall and move said lateral extensioninto engagement with the spacer to'confine an applied wire between theextension and the spacer and to hold the wire spaced from the surfaceofthe wall, the spacer being held in contact with the wall during theprongdriving operation by virtue of the tight engagement of the prong andspacer.

17. Adevice for securing reinforcing netting to a wall in spaced relaton thereto, compris ng a spacer adapted to bear against the wall, aprong passing through said tion with the spacer to grip said, nettingwhen, the prong is driven into the wall;

18. A multi-piece device arranged to be handled as a iinit'and adaptedfor securing reinforcing netting to a wall in spaced respaced from thespacer for the positioning lation thereto, comprising a prong adapted ofa portion of the netting therebetween and to be driven into the Wall, aspacer through adapted to be moved into cooperative rela- 10 which theprong extends carried by the tion with the spacer to engage said nettingprong and normally held thereon to resist and hold the same against saidspacer. detachment therefrom, and means formed integral with the prongarranged to be JOHN L. SULLIVAN.

